Neil Welliver
1929 – 2005
Introduction
Neil Gavin Welliver (July 22, 1929 – April 5, 2005) was an American modern artist, best known for his large-scale landscape paintings inspired by the deep woods near his home in Maine. One of his sons, Titus Welliver, later became a successful actor.
Wikidata identifier
Q6989468
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Introduction
in the mid-1960s Welliver began painting large scale landscapes featuring female nudes inspired by the Maine landscape. He switched to pure landscape in the mid-1970s; these works are noted for their strong shadows, clarity, dappled light, and compositional structure.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, landscapist, painter
ULAN identifier
500015713
Names
Neil G. Welliver
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 10, 2025.
